Jim Mora says UCLA is 'safe' but how about USC?

Coach Jim Mora usually is cautious in what he says to reporters, taking a noncommittal approach to many questions. But Thursday morning, the Bruins new coach seemed to have veered off his own course when discussing the safety of UCLA's campus on a radio show.

In discussing recruiting advantages with Roger Lodge on KLAA/830, Mora said one of UCLA's selling points is how safe the campus is. Mora said he wasn't talking specially about USC, but you can bet Trojans fans are not going to see it that way.

When asked about it, Mora told the Los Angeles Times that he didn't mean any specific campus and only meant that "we don't have anybody getting murdered a block off our campus."

Mora claimed he was not aware of the two Chinese students who had been shot and killed near the USC campus last April.

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